EPPO Meetings in 2009 – short reports

Panels and Expert Working Groups

• 41^st Meeting of the Panel on CPM Affairs and 9th Joint EPPO/NAPPO Meeting (Les Trois-Îlets, Martinique, 2009-01-19/22)
• 14^th Meeting of the EPPO Panel on Bacterial diseases (Izmir, TR, 2009-02-02/04)
• 41^st Meeting of the Panel on Phytosanitary Measures (Paris, 2009-02-16/20)
• Expert Working group on PRA for Hydrocotyle ranunculoides (Paris, 2009-03-23/25)
• Expert Working group on PRA for Lysichiton americanus (Paris, 2009-03-25/27)
• 2^nd Joint EPPO/IOBC Panel Meeting on Biological Control Agents (Engelberg, CH, 2009-03-25/27)
• 6^th  Meeting of the Panel on Quarantine Nematodes (Firenze, IT, 2009-03/31-04/02)
• 4^th Meeting of the Panel on Phytosanitary Treatments (Villenave d’Ornon (Bordeaux), FR, 2009-04-15/17)
• 9^th  Meeting on EPPO Diagnostic Protocols for Regulated Pests (Fungi) held jointly with the 13^th Annual Meeting of European Mycological Network (Vienna, 2009-04-22/24)
• Expert Working Group for performing PRA on Meloidogyne enterolobii (Paris, 2009-05-25/28)
• 4^th Meeting of the ad hoc Panel on Invasive Alien Species (Ski, NO, 2009-06-02/04)
• 13^th  Meeting of the EPPO Panel on Quarantine Pests for Forestry (Bykovo, RU, 2009-06-30/07-02)
• 43^rd Meeting of the Panel on CPM Affairs (Krakow, PL, 2009-09-01/04)
• 13^th Meeting of the Panel on Diagnostics (Roma, 2009-10-13/15)
• Expert Working Group for performing PRA on Saperda candida (Paris, 2009-11-02/05)
• Expert Working Group for performing PRA on Bactrocera invadens (Paris, 2009-12-07/10)
• 18^th Meeting of the Panel on PRA Development (York, GB, 2009-12-14/17)

Working Parties

• 39^th Meeting of the Working Party on Plant Protection Products (Torino, IT, 2009-05-12/14)
• 47^th Meeting of the Working Party on Phytosanitary Regulations (Las Palmas de Grand Canaria, ES, 2009-06-16/19)

Conferences and Workshops

• Ad hoc EPPO Workshop on carrot fly, Psila rosae (Lelystad, NL, 2009-02-02/04)
• EPPO Workshop on eradication, containment and contingency planning (Nova Gorica, SI, 2009-02-10/12)
• EPPO Workshop on the development of principles for Comparative Assessment in the framework of substitution (Brussels, 2009-05-06/07)
• EPPO Conference on Diagnostics (York, GB, 2009-05-10/15)
• EPPO / Council of Europe Workshop 'Code of conduct on horticulture and Invasive Alien Plants' (Ski, NO, 2009-06-04/05)
• EPPO Council Colloquium ‘Increasing trade, changing climate, emerging pests: Is the plant health sector prepared?’ (Angers, FR, 2009-09-24)
• EPPO Workshop for Phytosanitary Inspectors (Vilnius, LT, 2009-11-10/12)